Desk attachment.



' PATENTED DEC. 25, 1906.

E. SEAGHREST. DESK ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED 1.2, 1906.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec, 25, 1906.

Application filed January 2, 1906. Serial No. 294,324-

of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Desk Attachments, of which the following is a specification, reference being made to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to attachments for desks, particularly school-desks, by which receptacles for water-color mixtures, aints, inks, and other fluids may be detacha ly attached to the desk.

An object of my invention is to provide a desk attachment by which the cup or receptacle is held away from the desk at all times, thereby preventing the li uid from coming into contact with thevarnlsh upon the desk and thereby marrin it. a

Another object o my invention is to provide a desk attachment which will permitthe cup to be readily removed from one posi tion to another. The liquid in the cup can always be ke t ready for use as the cup needs to be move only from one position to another. The economy in time 1s obvious.

A third object of my invention is to provide a desk attachment which may be readily positioned and which will be securely held in its adjusted position.

In the drawin s illustratin the principle of my invention an the best mo e now known to me of applying that principle, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the cup in full lines 1n its position when not in use and in dotted lines in its position when in use. Fig. 2 is a 7 side elevation of the cup,'a nd Fig. 3 1s a like view of the clasp-support.

The clasp-su port is shown in Figs. 1 and 3 and is prefera lymade of spring-steel or other suitable resilient materiaL. It is sshaped, and the bow a is adapted to arch over theupper edge of the front I) of the desk 0, the legs e being pressed firmly by spring action against the sides of the portion 1), thereby securing the clas support in place. The n per free end f of t e clasp-support is forme with two inwardlyproglectin ears g g, adapted to engage the hook wit which the cup 2', is ,provided. The clasp-s11 port is desi ed to remain in position upon t e front of t e desk, and when the cup is no longer needed it is raised so as to disengage its hook it from between the ears .g, and its hook it is then en aged with the fretwork j of the desk. Thus w on the cup'is not in' use it may be placed at the side of the desk out of the way, its contents ready for instant use, and when the cup is needed it may be laced in osition inits clasp-support at the out of t e desk .in' a moment. This arrangement results in economy of time and material, The claspsupport may be readily adjusted in osit1on along the edge of the front portion 8 of the desk.

- What I claim is The combination, with an s-shaped hook formed of resilient metal, and provided on one end. with inwardly-projecting ears, of a cup having a downwardly-projecting'hook adapted to engage loosely said ears, as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN H. La'rnnor. G. A.'ALLEN. 

